Luggage-carrier.



L. B. DRAPER.

LUGGAGE GAEBIBB.

APPLIOATION Hmm JULY v, 190s.

927,956, l Patented July 13, 1909.

mm By/mf y TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO EDWARD DRAPER, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

LUGGA GEA-CARRIER To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lno EDWARD Dmirnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Santa Cruz, in the county of Santa Cruz and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Luggage-Carrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to luggage carriers, and more particularly such as are adapted to be arranged on vehicles, such as automobiles and the like.

An object of this invention is to provide an adjustable luggage carrier adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, for carrying trunks, bags, or other receptacles, secure against accidental displacement or loss, the carrier when not in use being adapted to be folded together.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described, consistin@ of two substantially similar pairs of angular members constituting a frame, the members of each pair being adjustable with respect to one another, and supports, whereby the frame may be arranged on a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a pers ective view of an embodiment of the invention, showing the same arranged on the running board of an automobile and, in dotted outline, two suit cases held in position; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section, on the line 2-2 of Eig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation showing the device in a folded position.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention, it should be understood that I provide a carrier for luggage, such as suit cases, bags or the like, and especially adapted to be arranged on the running board of an automobile. As before mentioned, the device consists of two substantially similar pairs of angular members, pivotally connected one to another, and constituting a frame. Each pair further has its respective members adjustably secured one to another, so that the size of the frame may be altered to accord with the number of bags or the size of the object to be carried therein. Two of the legs which carry the frame have Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tuly 7, 1908.

Patented .Tuly 18, 1909.

Serial No. 442,402.

slotted feet and are secured to the ruiming board by adjusting bolts, so that as the frame is increased or decreased in size, the slotted feet may be moved to correspond therewith, to permit the adjustment.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I provide a frame 1, consisting of two pairs of substantially similar members 2. The pairs of members 2 are pivotally connected one to the other by means of rivets 3 or the like. One member of each of the pairs has an inwardly disposed extension 4, adapted to engage the upper edge of the adjacent member, whereby the pairs are held in alinement. The members 2 of each pair are adjustable with respect to one another, one of the members of each pair being provided with a slot 6 to receive a stem 7 carried by the member adjacent thereto, and provided with a butterfly nut 9. Supports 12 are provided near the corners of the frame and are pivotally connected thereto by rivets 13. These supports have inwardly-disposed portions 14, constituting feet. Two of the feet on the same side of the frame have slots 15, to receive bolts 17, which pass through the running board 16 and are provided with butterfly nuts 17 a to lock the supports removably in position. Similar bolts 17, provided with butterfly nuts, secure the opposite supports 12 in position. As shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the supports may be folded into juxtaposition with the sides of the frame and -the latter folded upon itself owing to the pivotal connection of the pairs of frame members.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Iatent:

1. In a device of the class described, a frame consisting of two pairs of angular members pivotally connected one to the other, means for adjustably securing the respective members of each pair together, and supports carrying said frame, for removably mounting the same on a base.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame consisting of two pairs of angular members, said pairs being pivotally connected one to the other, means for holding said pairs of members in alinement, adjustable means for securing the respective members of each pair together, and adjustable supports carrying said frame and serving to removably mount the same on a base.

3. In a device of the class described, a

frame consisting of two pairs of angular members, said pairs being pivotally connected one to another, a member of each pair having an inwardly-disposed projection adapted to engage the edge of the adjacent member to hold the pairs in alinement, each pair further having one of its members provided with a stem and having its other member provided with a slot to receive said stem, means on said stems for adjustably securing the members with respect to one another, whereby the capacity of said frame may be increased or diminished, and supports carrying said frame, and adapted to be removably mounted on a base.

4l. A carrier, comprising pairs of separate upright supports, and a connection between l the several supports and extending around the same near their upper ends, said connection being adjustable to different adjust- LE() EDWARD DRAPER.

Vitnesses:

PEARL P. Hnnernrn, M. GERTRUDE ltroimn 

